Was Mark Stoops surprised that Tennessee was caught cheating?

No. Not at all.

On Monday afternoon, athletic director Phil Fulmer “retired” when the University of Tennessee announced the dismissal of football coach Jeremy Pruitt for cause after an internal investigation found that the program committed a series of recruitment violations. Level I and Level II. Based on Mark Stoops’ response, Tennessee cheating was a poorly kept secret.

“I have to be careful in my response here,” said Stoops in the Tuesday edition of Kentucky Sports Radio. “Did I see it coming? Yes, I’m grateful to have come. Does that surprise me? Not even a little. “

Stoops was being nice to the Vols. Tennessee cheating may be the most sloppy in the history of college athletics. Dan Patrick shared that assistant coaches in Tennessee “put money in McDonald’s bags and gave it to recruits when they arrived on campus … They didn’t even try to hide it.”

Knoxville’s dollar menu looks different from the rest of the country.

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